1976–77 Northern Football League
# 1976–77 Northern Football League

The 1976–77 Northern Football League season was the 79th in the history of Northern Football League, a football competition in England.

## Clubs

Division One featured 20 clubs which competed in the league last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spennymoor United | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 72 | 38 | +34 | 76 |
| 2 | Consett | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 71 | 45 | +26 | 76 |
| 3 | Whitby Town | 38 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 97 | 62 | +35 | 71 |
| 4 | Crook Town | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 63 | 40 | +23 | 68 |
| 5 | Blyth Spartans | 38 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 80 | 49 | +31 | 66 |
| 6 | North Shields | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 51 | +11 | 65 |
| 7 | Whitley Bay | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 73 | 62 | +11 | 65 |
| 8 | Bishop Auckland | 38 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 67 | 47 | +20 | 60 |
| 9 | Ashington | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 84 | 61 | +23 | 57 |
| 10 | South Bank | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 50 |
| 11 | Willington | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 68 | −2 | 49 |
| 12 | Durham City | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 44 | 53 | −9 | 47 |
| 13 | Horden Colliery Welfare | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 59 | 65 | −6 | 46 |
| 14 | Ferryhill Athletic | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 46 |
| 15 | Evenwood Town | 38 | 13 | 4 | 21 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 43 |
| 16 | West Auckland Town | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 45 | 69 | −24 | 43 |
| 17 | Tow Law Town | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 55 | 73 | −18 | 41 |
| 18 | Billingham Synthonia | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 33 |
| 19 | Shildon | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 75 | −43 | 27 |
| 20 | Penrith | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 49 | 95 | −46 | 23 |

* ↑ Ashington were deducted two points.
